TheArcticWolf1911
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Joined: Sat Nov 4th, 2017
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Name: Cameron ... Occupation: Process Technician ... Interests: Firearms & Ammunition, Ford Rangers, electronics ...
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While I'm dead in the water, I decided to do some thinking and figure out what to do in other areas.
First up, exhaust system. I knew it would be true dual with an x pipe, coming out the rear bumper. I decided to go with flowmaster super 10 mufflers, and torque monster headers.
Beyond that, I wasn't sure what to do. The stock system has a number of cats on it, and I have 02 sensors to deal with.
Well, after some thinking, I decided that there will be a total of zero cats used on my build. Indiana doesn't have any laws that prohibit me from doing this (that I'm aware of), so that should make things easier and flow nicer.
That said, that presents a problem. If I leave the 02 sensors as they are with no cats, I will get a CEL. Well, with some searching, it seems the first set are there only to help tune the fuel/air mixture. No cats won't bug those ones, so they'll hang around.
The second set is there to prove that the cats are working as they should. With no cats, these will give me that CEL. I'm going to try to use Forscan to turn them off, and if that doesn't work I'm aware of some devices out there that trick the computer into thinking all is well by it's standards. So, through one way or the other, that's the plan.
I considered killing the sensors entirely, but I want that first set for performance reasons.
Little note, I think I'll have the mufflers clamped on, not welded. Reason for that, is if I want to change them later, that will make it easy for me to do so.
Second thing, those pesky brake lines on that rear diff.
My intention was to use mustang soft lines and modify the ranger hard lines. That will work and do the job without fuss. But, it'll look way ugly and cobbled together, because this Ranger 8.8 has no means to mount the soft lines. That, and the hard portion of the soft lines has multiple bends. Needless to say, and to state the obvious, the Mustang is set up way different.
So, workable, but ugly. So, what does the explorer do? Best of both worlds, right? Well, sort of.
The explorer also uses soft lines from caliper to hard line, but the T block (frame to diff) is mounted off to the left side, just next to the caliper. This wouldn't be an issue if it didn't mean I'd have to reroute the frame hard line. I'd prefer to leave that alone.
That how-to I followed mentioned a soft line kit, seemingly just for this application. However, I still have to cut and reflare the ranger lines, on top of paying $40 for a pair of soft lines which seem to do nothing special. Not a fan of this idea.
Well, I came up with one other idea. Chrisfix added a set of dual calipers on his "driftstang" which happens to be in the same model year range as these calipers, 94-04.
To plumb the second set to his hydro ebrake, he used a set of stainless braided brake lines with a couple adapters to go from the AN3 fitting on the lines to the caliper banjo bolt.
Although I will need to use an adapter to go from the frame-to-diff soft line and then to the caliper, I won't have to bend and reflare lines. It will be one continuous line. It will cost the same as those other soft lines I mentioned before, but I believe it will be a better end product.
I plan to use Russell 641431 adapter for the caliper to AN3 fitting, and Russell 643961 for the other end of the deal. Fragola 310030 should work on both sides, 30" long. I have to double check my measurement, however.
If I'm not mistaken, the caliper banjo bolt threads are a Metric 10mm x 1.0 Inverted Flare, and the hard line fittings I hear are 3/8-24. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
That's all I got for now. I'm still working out the details on a few other things to come.
If you see something that I used and want to know where I got it, I'll be more than happy to drop part numbers, links, what-have-you. Just ask and you shall receive.
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1999 Ford Ranger XLT - 3.0 V6 4x4 - Loaded (Totaled) 143k. Rest in Peace, Gold Dust.
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